He is Cheyenne, Oglala and French. He served in the U. S. Marine Corps after high school, during the Vietnam War, and is a graduate of Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts in Chickasha. He was born in Washington, D. C. in 1944. He was raised on a farm near Calumet, Oklahoma by his great aunt and uncle, Bertha and Bob …
Read More »LIN DELIJA (1926/1994), PAINTER OF ALBANIA – Living for painting, reminding the country of eagles
ALBANIA INNER LANDSCAPES
BROKEN APRIL – Romance by Ismail Kadare
He is a writer, essayist, poet and writer born in a southern city of Albania, who graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology at the University of Tirana. At first he devoted himself to poetry, but in 1963 he wrote his first novel. In 1990 to express their disapproval of the immobility of the Albanian Communist leadership, he requested …
Read More »FLIGHTS CANCELLED, KINGDOMS OF STONE AND BOATS FULL OF TEARS – Frederik Rreshpja Poems
PRELUDE – Oh air of evening wrap me, now that I die again. When it will close my eyes, there will be no sea for boats of tears. I go and leave you closed all the rain. But I will return again to every season that I want. I was the sadness of the world. Oh air of evening wrap …
Read More »WINDOWS AND A THOUSAND THOUSAND STARS, IN BERAT – White houses and beautiful panoramic views, in Albania
Since 2008, the city was declared a World Heritage Site. That little gem of a thousand windows, the beautiful sight, all those white Ottoman houses that climb on the banks of a river, up to an ancient castle, all this awaits you in Albania, Berat. Beautiful that fortress (easily reachable by car), where your eyes ranging over a beautiful. The …
Read More »DEEP REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMAN SOUL – Joseph Kaliher and his creative colorful horizons
JOSEPH KALIHER 1/3 – An exquisite unmistakable style and cheerful, full of deep reflections on the human soul. This is the creative world of a painter who comes from Texas, to put on canvas with the colors his Symbolism and Surrealism. After marrying an Italian girl, he – born in an American hippie communities – has chosen to live in …
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13 DAYS TO GLORY – Novel by Lon Tinkle
He was born on March day, in Dallas. His career as a writer and teacher spanned fifty-four years, beginning in 1942. He is best known for his books (especially those which focused on younger readers), as Thirteen Days to Glory /The Siege of the Alamo, The Cowboy Reader and The Key to Dallas. He was a member of the Philosophical …
Read More »HEAVEN MELT THE RIME, OVER TEXAS
TOPOGRAPHY – Poetry by Sharon Olds After we flew across the country we got in bed, laid our bodies delicately together, like maps laid face to face, East to West, my San Francisco against your New York, your Fire Island against my Sonoma, my New Orleans deep in your Texas, your Idaho bright on my Great Lakes, my Kansas burning …
Read More »ON THE ROADS OF TEXAS – Where Heaven, sometimes has the color of rust
Big Bend National Park is on the border between the US and Mexico, a fantastic nature reserve consists of 90% desert. Beautiful landscapes are in every corner of this park through the Chisos Mountains, but we have not made this long detour south, preferring to get back in Texas at another time, devoting time and enthusiasm to the visit of …
Read More »TEXAS SONGS
Cadillac Ranch – Bruce Springsteen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoTjkeoyr1E Ain’t No Honky Tonks in Jail – Texas American Country Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVI-SRgGz9w Texas Country MusicMix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVb8aYa68iY Austin Texas – Live Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hvkKgeYQls Slaid Cleaves – Texas Love Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0rkzQzEScg
Read More »INNER LANDSCAPES – Texas
STEEPING IN DEEP NOSTALGIA – Joseph Henry Sharps, all life for the vanishing culture of the American Indian
JOSEPH HENRY SHARPS 1/3 – He was born in a September day, 1859 and lived a long life (with a prolific career as a painter best known for his realistic portrayal of the American Indians). Over his lifetime, Sharp had produced around 10,500 works of art. He was the first painter to visit New Mexico, before Phillips and Blumenschein made …
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